Two Johns Hopkins graduate students named Quad Fellows

Two Johns Hopkins University graduate students—Keegan Eveland and Shilpy Vohra—are among 37 exceptional STEM students named as recipients of the highly selective 2025 Quad Fellowship.

Now in its third year, the Quad Fellowship recognizes talented graduate students from the United States, Australia, India, Japan, and other Southeast Asian countries while promoting cross-cultural knowledge exchange and interdisciplinary collaboration. Recipients of the fellowship receive a stipend to support their education and the opportunity to participate in curated programming and networking events.

Image caption: Keegan Eveland

Eveland, a doctoral student in the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences in the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences, studies hearing loss in Cindy Moss's lab by observing how animals maintain sensory resilience in noisy environments. Her goal, she says, is to "advance hearing aid technology, improve hearing regulations across various sectors, and expand access to hearing screenings worldwide."

Because her research is inherently interdisciplinary, she sees the Quad Fellowship as the perfect opportunity to gain new perspectives on her work.

"Hearing loss affects millions of people worldwide; that means that it requires collaboration across many sectors to develop real, applicable solutions," Eveland says. "I am eager to engage with people from different organizations to examine this challenge from all angles: scientific, medical, technological, and political. Through this fellowship, I hope to gain a network of professionals to support the progress of hearing loss treatment, prevention, and technology."

Image caption: Shilpy Vohra

Vohra, an MPH student in the Bloomberg School of Public Health, joins the Quad Fellows with formal training in pediatric medicine from India and more than a decade of experience across clinical, pharmaceutical, and public health sectors, including leading nationwide HIV prevention programs in India. She enrolled at the Bloomberg School to sharpen her expertise in data analytics, epidemiology, and clinical trials by engaging with the school's world-class faculty and diverse student body, so she is looking forward to learning from her Quad Fellows cohort.

"The timing of the scholarship window perfectly aligned with my master's in public health academic schedule," Vohra says. "The opportunity of being part of, and learning from, an international cohort of Quad Fellows, had a tremendous appeal to me, as I wanted to learn from the expertise and experience of the best public health practitioners from the Quad countries."

This year's Quad Fellows cohort represents 11 countries and 13 fields of study at 25 higher education institutions in the United States and Japan. The program is administered by the Institute of International Education, a nonprofit founded in 1919 to promote international education.

*To learn more about the Quad Fellowship and other available fellowships, visit the National Fellowship Program website.